Wadud, Asiya: Syncope

Ugly Duckling Presse, paperback Publication Date: September 01, 2019 Publisher Marketing: Nominated for a 2020 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry. Through a series of prayers, invocations, and hymns, SYNCOPE eulogizes those who have perished making Central Mediterranean crossings as well as collects first-hand accounts of those who have survived these perilous journeys. Forces of fate brought errant lives together for a hopeful safe passage and ultimately, linked these lives in their untimely deaths. SYNCOPE attempts to shed some light on these lives, as well as the happenstance of living and dying while trying to cross a border.